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Practical guides, cheat sheets, and release news for AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit, and the wider Autodesk ecosystem — written by the CAD Masters team.
A couple of weeks ago, my wife graciously gifted me a Sony Network Blu-Ray player, so we could watch streaming Netflix on our flat-screen from the comfort of our own bedroom. So…
January 17, 2011 · 2 min read
Autodesk Labs has released another handy tool for Civil 3D, the new Subassembly Composer. It's basically a tool that automates the programming of custom subassemblies. You can…
January 13, 2011 · 2 min read
I was babysitting my nephews recently and astonished by their ability to fight over whatever toy the other one was currently playing with. Sharing is clearly a learned behavior…
January 11, 2011 · 3 min read
A lot of people are upgrading to Windows 7 these days. I made the move a couple of months ago and I've actually enjoyed the new OS-- though somehow I still can't use a ribbon…
January 7, 2011 · 1 min read
I enjoy working with Civil 3D styles. It allows me to be both analytical and creative – two things that make me tick. In this post, I’ll show you how to create a label style for a…
January 5, 2011 · 1 min read
Happy New Year! My CAD new year's resolution is to try out more of Autodesk's new programs. There are so many of them and there is so little time explore them. Here are a few that…
January 3, 2011 · 1 min read
Many engineering firms are built around the idea of “get the plans out the door.” That’s how they make their money. That’s what everybody rallies around. But what happens once the…
December 22, 2010 · 1 min read
This post is going to address another one of the more common AutoCAD conundrums that people run into. Most people are trained to use AutoCAD in 2D. However, even when working in a…
December 20, 2010 · 2 min read
I've been helping a customer solve an issue in Civil 3D 2011. They have a user working on a plat map. Their standard is to have one drawing with the parcels and another sheet…
December 17, 2010 · 2 min read
Have you seen the TV show hoarders? The one where they show people's houses crammed with junk from floor to ceiling. Where navigating through the house without tripping over things…
December 14, 2010 · 1 min read
In part 1 of this series, we discussed how to customize AutoCAD using an ACAD.LSP file. We started with a simple example where we used an ACAD.LSP to set an AutoCAD variable –…
December 10, 2010 · 1 min read
As the excitement fades from Autodesk University and we feel the daze of Christmas and New Year coming on, getting back to work and putting to use what we learned last week may…
December 8, 2010 · 2 min read
Lately I've been working on deployments for one of our larger customers. There are six products, each with 32-bit and 64-bit deployments, as well as CAD Masters' own Standards…
December 6, 2010 · 2 min read
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